Vent for beer-barrels



(No Model.)

G. HOPP.

vEN mR BEER BARRELS.

. No; 281,694 Patented July 24, 1883.

' WITNESSES: S v INVENTOR' Q W-Q S W A 4 041' 2 BY ATTORNEY UNITEDSTATES PATE T OF-FIGEQ" GEORGE HOPE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VENT FOR B'EER BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,694, dated July 24,i883.

Application filed June 6, 1883. (No model.)

To coll-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Horn, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vents forBeer-Barrels, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing such plugs with metal rings orhoops that will prevent their splitting.

My invention consists in turning creases in the head of the vent, and intying a Wire around each such crease, the ends of which are twistedtogether to form a tight-fitting solid ring, all as more fullyhereinafter described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevation, and Fig.2 a vertical cross-section through the center of my improved beer-vent.Fig. 3 is a section through one of the creases of the vent-head, andFig. 4 a cross-section through the vent-plug.

Corresponding letters in the several figures of the drawings designatelike parts.

A denotes the vent, having a cylindrical head and a conical shank. Thehead of this vent has bored in its side a tapering socket, a,

for. inserting the tapering plug B, and has a 40 hole, I), bored axiallythrough its shank, that communicates with socket a. The plug B has alsobored a hole, 0, through its axis, and at its small end this plug isflattened on opposite sides for a strip of thin sheet-rubber that isstretched over the end of the plug to cover hole 0, the ends of whichrubber strip being is turnedin the plug. The plug B being driven willallow the passage of air or gases in one direction only. 1

The head of the vent has a convex end upon which to strike with a malletfor driving it into the bung-hole of a barrel, and to strengthen it acrease near each end of the head, and around each crease I draw a wire,(1, the ends of which I couple by twisting them together with a pair ofpinohers, so as to form a solid tight ring around such vent-head that isembedded in the crease. The twisted ends I also bend down flat into thecrease,'so as not to project. As will be readily seen,.wire rings thusformed around the head do not add much to the cost of a wooden vent, andyet make it much more durable. v 1

What I claim is- The wooden beer-barrel vent, substantially asdescribed, and bound with metal rings that are embedded into creases,and are formed each of apiece of wire, the ends of which are GEORGEHOPF.

Witnesses:

ADAM GEO. WHITE,

R. G. SoHMID.

secured by a threadwound over a crease that and prevent its splitting orcracking, I turn tied together by twisting, in the manner deinto itssocket to be tight therein, the rubber

